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The Two Faces of
January (2014)
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Director:
Hossein Amini |
COUNTRY
UK/USA/France |
GENRE
Thriller |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
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RUNNING
TIME
97 minutes |
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Producer:
Tom Sternberg
Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Robyn Slovo |
Screenwriter (based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith):
Hossein Amini |
Review
Stylish-looking and fairly clever thriller from Patricia Highsmith's
novel, starring a handful of acting-powerhouses in the leads. The
inevitable love triangle turns the at first amicable Viggo Mortensen
and Oscar Isaac to adversaries as their dishonest ways unravel
around them. The prize in the middle is Kirsten Dunst. Director
Hossein Amini (the penner of
Drive) creates an at times
steaming, vibrant atmosphere where you don't know quite what to
expect, even if the film arguably purports to hold more mysteries
than it actually does. This isn't quite
The Talented Mr. Ripley or
Strangers On a Train, but it's
still a production with a distinctive Highsmith quality to it.
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